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貧しい若いアメリカ人が全くお金を持たずにロンドンに到着する。二人の裕福な兄弟が彼に百万ポンドの価値のある銀行券を一枚与えるが、街の誰もそれを両替できない。彼は使えないお金で三十日間生活できるだろうか？
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When I was twenty-seven years old, I worked as a clerk for a mining company in San Francisco. I knew everything about buying and selling shares. I had no family and no money, only my brains and a good name. But I was sure that one day these would bring me a fortune, and I was happy to wait.
On Saturday afternoons I liked to sail a small boat on the bay. One day I went too far, and the wind carried me out to sea. Night was coming, and I had almost given up hope. Then a small ship picked me up. It was going to London. The journey was long and stormy, and the captain made me work as a sailor without pay. When I stepped onto the street in London, my clothes were old and torn. I had exactly one dollar in my pocket.
That dollar gave me food and a bed for one day. For the next day I had no food and no bed at all.
